Full Text of SR0828 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Carolyn Bartholf Oxtoby of | 4 | | Springfield, who passed away on January 12, 2024; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn Oxtoby was born to Herbert and Susan | 6 | | Pasfield Bartholf in Springfield on June 1, 1931; she attended | 7 | | Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts; she married Robert | 8 | | Boynton Oxtoby in 1956; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn Oxtoby became a real estate developer and | 10 | | historic preservationist; she is credited with starting | 11 | | Springfield's downtown revitalization in the mid-1970s; she | 12 | | worked on the preservation of the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices, | 13 | | the Fisher-Latham building in the 100 block of North Sixth | 14 | | Street, and the 17-unit Sears Apartment Building in the 400 | 15 | | block of South Seventh Street; she donated $350,000 for the | 16 | | purchase of the former Masonic Temple that was converted into | 17 | | the Hoogland Center for the Arts in 2001; she, and businesses | 18 | | along Sixth Street between Monroe and Adams, commissioned the | 19 | | design and paid for the construction of new sidewalks with the | 20 | | concrete paver amenity strips and historic reproduction street | 21 | | lighting; at one point, she managed approximately 30 | 22 | | apartments downtown and was known as a good and responsive | 23 | | landlord; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn Oxtoby, along with Dick Morse and Dick | 2 | | Hart, was a founding member of the Heritage Foundation, a | 3 | | not-for-profit arm of Downtown Springfield, Inc. formed to | 4 | | encourage donations of neglected historic structures that | 5 | | might otherwise be demolished; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn Oxtoby was named the State Journal | 7 | | Register First Citizen in 1998 and received a lifetime | 8 | | achievement award from Landmarks Illinois in 2010; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn Oxtoby was passionate about the | 10 | | preservation of downtown Springfield and became known as "the | 11 | | patron saint of Sixth Street"; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn Oxtoby was preceded in death by her | 13 | | husband; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn Oxtoby is survived by her brother, | 15 | | Stephen (Carol) Bartholf; her children, Thomas (Judy) Oxtoby, | 16 | | Michael Oxtoby, and Susan Folkens; her granddaughters, | 17 | | Ashleigh (Cosimo) Picci and Kristen Oxtoby; two | 18 | | great-grandchildren; her niece; and two nephews; therefore, be | 19 | | it | 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Carolyn Bartholf Oxtoby and extend our sincere condolences to | 3 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 4 | | further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Carolyn Oxtoby as an expression of | 7 | | our deepest sympathy. |
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